On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 11:05:52AM -0400, Chris Anderson wrote:
> On Fri, 4 May 2001, Oskar Sandberg wrote:
< >
> > In which case one could question whether we need a DataLength field. It is
> > a orthogonality verses layering issue, though in this case I think
> > layering wins out...
> >
>
> Doesn't power of 2 data sizes waste 25% of bandwidth & storage? That's
> costly.
Only for data that is atomic, we expect that most (large) data will be
split into parts. Then it is only 25% of the size modulo the split size
that is wasted.
The advantages in fighting traffic analysis make it more than worth it.
--
'DeCSS would be fine. Where is it?'
'Here,' Montag touched his head.
'Ah,' Granger smiled and nodded.
Oskar Sandberg
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